SIXTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PAliT V. oil 



the twelve months was 7 per cent, an unusually high percentage of butter 

 fat for any cow, even for a Jersey. Her net profit on her milk alone for 

 that time was $49.00. 



ilere is another representative of the Red Poll breed (shows picture), 

 — a cow that, as you will notice, is thicker and more bulky and gives 

 evidence of being more of a beef type animal than the other one, and 

 yet her record exceeds the other one. She gave 7,229 lbs. of milk in 

 eleven months, the test was 4.28 per cent of butter fat, equivalent to 

 361.6 lbs. of butter. 



Now I stated that the miik habit was inherent in all breeds of our 

 cattle. Of course it exists in varying degrees and in some much larger 

 than others. Here is an illustration of a cow that was never milked 

 until she was six years old, had always suckled her calves. One calf 

 died and we began milking her. She milked so well we concluded to 

 test her and in a year she gave 6,684 lbs. of milk that tested 3.97 per 

 cent butter fat, equivalent to 386 lbs, of butter. Now that cow was a 

 • pure bred Aberdeen Angus cow that had not been milked previous to 

 the time I speak of. You will notice her udder is detective. She had 

 not a full, well balanced udder, although an udder of large capacity. 



Here is another cow that was never tested and never milked until 

 she was twelve years old. She was in a herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle 

 and was the mother of a show cow that was exhibited in one of the 

 show rings of this state and won prizes at our state fair. 1 saw" the 

 cow when she was twelve years old and was satisfied she was a cow that 

 would give a good flow of milk. We bought her and tested her the 

 next year and at twelve years old, the first time she was ever milked. 

 she made 308 lbs. of butter in twelve months, her milk testing 3.86 per 

 cent of butter fat, showing what a cow of that type will do when fed 

 properly and tested properly for milk under good conditions. 



Of course these were exceptional cases but it serves to emphasize the 

 point that there are a great many good cows all over this country, both 

 pure bred and cows of various grades, that would produce twice what 

 they are producing now if they had proper care and treatment. 



Here is a'cow that for five or six years was not milked and in fact 

 we began her test when she was seven or eight years old, I am not sure 

 which and we conducted a test for four years, four consecutive milking 

 periods , and in that time this cow" made 400 lbs. of butter in twelve 

 months. During the four years she made an aggregate of 1700 lbs. of 

 butter. She is a pure bred Short-horn and at the present time, being 

 dry, she weighs nearly 1600 lbs. This illustrates what a cow of that 

 type will do for milking purposes. 



Here is a cow of the same breed but somewhat of a different type. That 

 cow has been bred for dairy purposes. In fact she is a descendant of 

 Nora, the first prize Shorthorn cow at the World's Pair in Chicago, a cow 

 that stood sixth in that test, that is in the Shorthorn breed, and sixth in 

 competition with all breeds, only five cows ranking above her. This cow 

 was sired by the son of Nora so she is a grand-daughter of this prize 

 cow of the World's Fair in Chicago. She gave 9,326 ibs. of milk in 

 one year, testing 4.12 per cent, butter fat ,equivalent to 449 lbs. of 



